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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Way Station.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mones?
(a) Jakob's dog.
(b) A friend of Jakob's grandfather.
(c) Another boy in the forest.
(d) Jakob's best friend.

2. To whom does Jakob write letters?
(a) The dead.
(b) No one.
(c) The German government after the end of WWII.
(d) His cousins in the United States.

3. What does Jakob dream about as he sleeps?
(a) Bella.
(b) The way his mother used to hold him.
(c) His parents being led off in handcuffs.
(d) His parents being shot.

4. What is "Bearing False Witness"?
(a) A tribute to comrades lost at Biskupin.
(b) A book Jakob is writing.
(c) A book Kostas just published.
(d) A new law that discriminates against minorities in Canada.

5. Who is Palamas?
(a) An historian.
(b) A priest.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob do in his writing about his childhood that protects him?

2. What do the Jews do when the Germans take over the occupation of the country from the Italians?

3. What does Ioannis tell of losing?

4. How do Jakob and Athos improve Jakob's English?

5. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?

(see the answer key)

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